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Michael Smith / The Raw Story:
Bush, Blair to announce 'phased withdrawal' from Iraq — Michael Smith, a reporter for the London Sunday Times, broke the Downing Street Minutes in 2004. — LONDON — Tony Blair and George Bush will announce that they are to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq at a summit in Washington as early as this week, RAW STORY has learned.
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John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
The Comeback Kid — As Democrats worry about their 2008 chances, out of the wilderness comes a stranger to save them. Wait a minute. That's no stranger. that's . . . Al Gore!?! — A — l Gore is back in Washington and back on the campaign trail, two realms with which he has always had a distinctly fraught relationship.
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Uncle Jimbo / BLACKFIVE:
ANTI-WAR POSEUR FRONTED OUT AT HOT AIR — The mighty Allah at Hot Air asked if this anti-war video was fake, and the answer is OH YEAH! — This spindly little weasel wouldn't have made it through 10 seconds of RIP, let alone Ranger school or life in a Ranger Batt.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Anti-war video bogus? — I can't get this to load, but I'm putting the link out there anyway because someone sent me a long message this morning questioning its veracity. Not just the claims that are made, either; I'm talking about mistakes in his uniform, etc.
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Ian Bishop / New York Post:
HILLARY IPODHAM CLINTON — POLITICAL PLAYER OFFERS PEEK AT HER SONG LIST — May 22, 2006 — WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton doesn't need "Respect" - she's already got it at the top of her iPod playlist. — The surprisingly tech-savvy Clinton mixes Aretha Franklin's 1967 landmark smash hit …
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MSNBC:
Data about millions of U.S. veterans stolen — Burglar reportedly took Veterans Affairs disk containing personal info — WASHINGTON - A computer disk with personal data of about 26.5 million U.S. veterans was stolen from the home of a Veterans Affairs analyst, the federal department said Monday.
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The Raw Story:
MSNBC: Rove's legal team expects decision 'at any time' — MSNBC's David Shuster declared Monday evening that Karl Rove's legal team expects Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald to announce a decision "at any time" in the ongoing CIA leak investigation and that new documents put Cheney's former chief of staff in the hot seat.
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Reuters:
Bush's faith worries Albright — LONDON, England (Reuters) — U.S. President George W. Bush has alienated Muslims around the world by using absolutist Christian rhetoric to discuss foreign policy issues, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says. — "I worked for two presidents …
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Wired News:
Whistle-Blower's Evidence, Uncut — Former AT&T technician Mark Klein is the key witness in the Electronic Frontier Foundation's class-action lawsuit against the telecommunications company, which alleges that AT&T cooperated in an illegal National Security Agency domestic surveillance program.
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Jean Rohe / The Huffington Post:
Response to McCain's Aide Mark Salter — At the risk of turning this into a battle between Mark Salter, Senator John McCain's staff-member, and myself, I'd like to comment briefly on his comment on the Huffington Post. I'm sad to see that Mr. Salter intentionally misinterpreted my writing …
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Amir Taheri / Benador Associates:
PRESS RELEASE: AMIR TAHERI ADDRESSES QUERIES ABOUT DRESS CODE STORY — Regarding the dress code story it seems that my column was used as the basis for a number of reports that somehow jumped the gun. — As far as my article is concerned I stand by it. — The law has been passed …
John Schwartz / New York Times:
New Study of Levees Faults Design and Construction — NEW ORLEANS, May 21 — Most of the major breaches in the New Orleans levee system during Hurricane Katrina were caused by flaws in design, construction and maintenance — and parts of the system could still be dangerous even after the current round …
The American Thinker:
Something frighteningly ominous has been happening on the Internet lately: Google, without any prior explanation or notice, has been terminating its News relationship with conservative e-zines and web journals. — At first blush, one can easily ignore such business decisions by the most powerful company …
John Byrne / The Raw Story:
Drudge 'retracts' story on Howard Dean after receiving letter from DNC lawyer — Drudge story includes Raw Story quote — Conservative heavyweight Matt Drudge has all but retracted a story about Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean after receiving a letter from the DNC's lawyers, RAW STORY can report.
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NY Daily News:
Justice prays for a Prez in 'real trouble' — Just how bad are things for President Bush? — Pretty bad, I'd say, if even Clarence Thomas is worried about him. — The other night at a Washington book party for the President's sister, Doro Bush Koch, the Supreme Court justice arrived with his wife …
Brandie M. Jefferson / Associated Press:
Protests, Applause Greet Rice at BC — A few students turned their backs but more stood to applaud as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice received an honorary degree and addressed graduates at Boston College on Monday. — After weeks of turmoil and anti-war protests over Rice's invitation …
Dan Mangan / New York Post:
MCGREEVEY'S GAY ROAD THRILL — MEMOIR BARES HIGHWAY HOOKUPS — May 22, 2006 — Jim McGreevey shockingly admits that before he became governor of New Jersey, he'd have anonymous gay sex at Garden State highway rest stops. — "All I knew was that my behavior was getting crazier and crazier …
Daniel McGrory / Times of London:
How $45m secretly bought freedom of foreign hostages — Documents seen by The Times show three countries paid ransoms in spite of denying it in public — FRANCE, Italy and Germany sanctioned the payment of $45 million in deals to free nine hostages abducted in Iraq, according to documents seen by The Times.
dailyhowler.com:
Special report—Corps on Gore! — PART 1—STILL CRAZY: Al Gore was right about global warming—way back in the 1980s. He was also right on internal combustion. And oh yes, he was right on Iraq, in a prophetic speech in September 02—a speech Joe Klein praised at the time.
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